Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Elevation
- 2621 m
- Slope Angle
- 36°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>I haven't noticed much avalanche activity in the Chilly peak-Ben Lomond area in the last week. The reported activity on Ben Lomond from winds earlier in the week was no longer visable. All the avalanche activity across the Wasatch sure got my attention from this past week. </p>
Snow pit depth 200 cm. Sheared a layer about 14 inches below surface which didn't fail on ECT. Appeared to be a layer of buried surface hoar. ECTN 23 Q3. Pictures didn't turn out. Nice consistent equitemperature pack below that to the ground. Hoping the warm temps are healing the pack. Observed danger rating mostly moderate where I skied. I think you could easily venture into terrain nearby that would be considerable. Steeper, more wind loaded or higher elevation. Tomorrow's rating considerable to high dependent on new snow amounts and wind.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Skinned across some hard and hollow feeling wind pillows where Cutler meets the Ben Lo shoulder without cracking or collapsing. Not willing to ski steep slopes with these pillows on top. Not worth the risk. </p> <p>Less and less of a problem at least in areas with 200 cm. plus of snow pack.</p>
Nice dense powder noted below 7500 ft and on wind sheltered north faces. Upper elevations to 8600 ft. were wind compacted (wind buff as a friend likes to say) but skied smoothly to my surprise. Wind pillows were stout and nonreactive to ski cuts. The main ridge on Cutler was scoured to old crusts. Sastrugi makes the skiing a challenge.